Format:
Online-Ressource
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Cambridge companions online
Edition:
Cambridge collections online
Edition:
The Cambridge companions complete collection
Edition:
The Cambridge companions to literature and classics
ISBN:
9780521816267
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9780521016575
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0521816262
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0521016576
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9780511998805
Series Statement:
Cambridge companions to literature
Content:
Science fiction is at the intersection of numerous fields. It is a literature which draws on popular culture, and which engages in speculation about science, history, and all types of social relations. This volume brings together essays by scholars and practitioners of science fiction, which look at the genre from these different angles. After an introduction to the nature of science fiction, historical chapters trace science fiction from Thomas More to more recent years, including a chapter on film and television. The second section introduces four important critical approaches to science fiction drawing their theoretical inspiration from Marxism, postmodernism, feminism and queer theory. The final and largest section of the book looks at various themes and sub-genres of science fiction. A number of well-known science fiction writers contribute to this volume, including Gwyneth Jones, Ken MacLeod, Brian Stableford Andy Duncan, James Gunn, Joan Slonczewski, and Damien Broderick.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 276-284) and index
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Introduction : Reading science fiction
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Science fiction before the genre
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Magazine era : 1926-1960
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New Wave and backwash : 1960-1980
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Science fiction from 1980 to the present
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Film and television
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Science fiction and its editors
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Feminist theory and science fiction
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Postmodernism and science fiction
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Science fiction and queer theory
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Icons of science fiction
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Science fiction and the life sciences
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Hard science fiction
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Space opera
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Alternate history
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Utopias and anti-utopias
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Politics and science fiction
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Gender in science fiction
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Race and ethnicity in science fiction
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Religion and science fiction
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780511998805
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521816267
Additional Edition:
Druckausg. u.d.T. The Cambridge companion to science fiction Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2003 ISBN 0521016576
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0521816262
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521016575
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521816267
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
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English Studies
Keywords:
Science-Fiction-Literatur
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Geschichte 1926-2003
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Science-Fiction-Literatur
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Aufsatzsammlung
DOI:
10.1017/CCOL0521816262
Author information:
James, Edward 1947-
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